The most sentimental mayor of Bucharest. The remarkable changes in Barbu Delavrancea's mandate

Among the many mayors that Bucharest had, one dreamed that Bucharest would be not like Paris, but like Vienna.

Writer enchanted by words, author of the famous play “Apus de Soare”, advocate of “lost causes” and great orator of the era, Minister of Public Works, Barbu Delavrancea was mayor of Bucharest for a short time, 1889-1901.

It was a short period, but dense in facts. During his tenure, among many other initiatives beneficial to the city, the extension and establishment of new electrified tram lines remain remarkable.

Read, on B365.ro, how Mayor Barbu Delavrancea changed Bucharest.